Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2
ईश्वर उवाच । ब्रह्मणस्तु पुरा देवि दक्षो नाम सुतोऽभवत् । प्रजाः सृजेति उद्दिष्टः पूर्वं दक्षः स्वयंभुवा
īśvara uvāca | brahmaṇastu purā devi dakṣo nāma suto'bhavat | prajāḥ sṛjeti uddiṣṭaḥ pūrvaṃ dakṣaḥ svayaṃbhuvā
ایشور نے کہا: “قدیم زمانے میں، اے دیوی، برہما کا ایک بیٹا تھا جس کا نام دکش تھا۔ پہلے سویمبھُو (برہما) نے دکش کو حکم دیا تھا کہ وہ پرجا کی سِرجنا کرے۔”
Īśvara (Śiva)
Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Brahmā (Svayambhū) instructs Dakṣa to create progeny; Brahmā seated on lotus, Dakṣa standing with folded hands; cosmic backdrop with emerging beings hinted in symbolic forms.
FAQs
Cosmic order is sustained through assigned duties—creation and responsibility are presented as dharma.
The chapter sits within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya, though the verse itself is genealogical rather than topographical.
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